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1、CultureandLanguage----TheCulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinese郑州大学升达经贸管理学院商用英语专业指导教师AbstractLanguageiscloselyrelatedtoculture.Languageexpressesandembodiesculturalreality.Ifweareindifferentcountries,wemustknowtheircultures.Thus,wecanusethelanguagefreel
2、y.InourEnglishstudy,itisunavoidabletomeetsomedifferencesofcultureandlanguagebetweenChineseandEnglish,whichdemandthatweshouldnotonlymasterthetwolanguagesbutalsobeacquaintedwiththetwoculturesandculturaldifferencesaswell.CulturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEng
3、lishcanbefoundinmanyaspectsofdailycommunication,includingaddressing,greetingandparting,compliments,apologies,thanksandsoon.ThispaperdiscussestheculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish.Keyword:culturalandlanguagedifferences,communication,customculture,Ch
4、ineseandEnglish-speakersIntroductionAsiswellknown,languageisamirror,infrontofwhichcultureisreflected.Meanwhile,cultureisalsoakindoflanguage.ManypeoplealwaysthinkthatpoorabilityofEnglishisthecauseofmisunderstandingincommunication.However,inthedailycommunicat
5、ionwithourforeignfriends,lotsofpeoplewhoaregoodatEnglish,arestillconfusedduringtheircommunication.Cultureandlanguageareimportantreasons.Becauselanguageisrelatedtoknowledge,andknowledgeinturnisrelatedtoculture.Cultureandlanguagecomplementeachother.Therealize
6、ofcultureisaprerequisitetolearnlanguagewell.Languageisthecarrierofculture.Thedifferenceofculturemustreflectinthelanguageofdifferentnations.CulturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishcanbefoundinmanyaspectsofdailycommunicationlanguages,includingaddressing,gr
7、eetingandparting,compliments,apologies,thanksandotheraspects.Sothispaperwilltalkaboutsomeofthedifferences.Furthermore,itwilltalkabouthowtolearnwesternculture.1.CulturalDifferencesinCommunication1.1GreetingandpartingGreetingisanimportantpartindailylife.Whenp
8、eoplemeetfriendsoracquaintances,theyoftengreeteachother.Thepurposeofgreetingistoestablishorkeepthesocialcontact.ButbecauseoftheculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish,themannerofgreetingandpartinga